The demolition team is here again:
Armored with mallets and documents,
[legally]
terrorizing, dehumanizing
clusters of shanties
are plummeting down
and starry-eyed dreams
are going even deeper…
the perennial scene is a perfect climax
of an anticlimactic shambles.
The group of residents is here again:
Shielded themselves with stones and mercies,
[illegally]
fuming, demonstrating
rows of ‘so-called’ homes
are now a mountain of junkyard
but layers of hopelessness
are only days without shelter…
the anticlimactic shambles
is the perfect climax of the perennial scene.
The persisting homeless is here again.
Author notes
option 1: A. perennial
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Thank you for your entry, good luck, Josie
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The grip of words make me wonder and realize further. I'm beautifully adrift with the strength of this piece.
Well done.
Thanks for sharing and keep writing.
VIRGOAN
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